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Lynching : American mob murder in global perspective

Title
Lynching : American mob murder in global perspective / Robert W. Thurston.
Author
Thurston, Robert W.
Publication
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011.

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Description
viii, 427 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The processes of lynching around the world -- The roots of mob murder : crises of legitimacy, dangers of the frontier -- Concepts of crime and justice in lynching -- Race, civilization, and sexuality : a global conversation -- Reordering racism : imperialism and the challenges of new contact in the nineteenth century -- The body revealed in the Anglo-American world, 1885-1914 -- The world of Southern racism : the long education of a Georgia gentleman -- Atlanta in turmoil : the white elite reacts to murder -- From burning women to protect and action -- Conclusion: The difficulty of seeing lynching.
Call Number
Sc E 13-281
ISBN
  • 9781409409083 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1409409082 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781409409090 (ebook)
  • 1409409090 (ebook)
LCCN
2010033256
OCLC
657223792
Author
Thurston, Robert W.
Title
Lynching : American mob murder in global perspective / Robert W. Thurston.
Imprint
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 13-281
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